The Thai government introduced a state of emergency in Pattaya and the province of Chonburi. This was stated today on the air Prime Minister of the country Abkhitzit. He assured that "to all the leaders of ASEAN, as well as the heads of China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, complete security is guaranteed," ITAR-TASS reports. The emergency mode allows the troops to open fire to defeat.

The rally in Tbilisi in front of the parliament building ended on Saturday evening. The opposition leaders say that from Monday, the action will take on a more large -scale character and cover all Georgia. “On Monday, we will begin mass demonstrations and pickets. We call everyone who is not indifferent to the fate of Georgia to join the protest,” Zviad Dzijiguri said at a rally in front of the parliament.

In the Catholic Cathedral of Moscow, in the name of the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary, the Mass of the Easter Empire began. - As the Catholics holiday celebrate In the courtyard, the employees of the cathedral divorced a fire, the Easter candle will be adjusted from it, which will be brought into the temple with a solemn procession. Metropolitan Archbishop Paolo Pezzi will make a blessing of fire at the beginning of the mass, Interfax reports.

Applications of the official representatives of Tbilisi that Russian troops are concentrated near the borders of Georgia, and the Russian warships are directed to Abkhazia, are not true, the representative of the Russian military department told Interfax on Saturday. “This is falsification.

To start the construction of automobile transport interchanges included in the program for the construction of Olympic facilities and the development of Sochi as a mountain-climatic resort, more than 3 billion rubles are not enough, RIA Novosti reports. This was announced on April 10 in Sochi, the head of the Department of Roads of the Krasnodar Territory Valery Zhukov at the visiting meeting of the Committee of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory.

One of the hostages died and four more were freed from pirate captivity as a result of a military operation conducted by the French special forces off Somalia's coast. According to the British television and radio corporation of the Air Force , during the operation two pirates were shot dead, and three were detained. Almost a week ago, the pirates captured the French yacht, on which two couples, including one child, headed for the island of Zanzibar off the coast of Tanzania.

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov considers the linking of the issues of the pro and Iran to "the substitution of politics", ITAR-TASS reports. “The issue of placing elements of American Pro in Europe can only be linked with strategic offensive weapons,” he explained, speaking at a meeting of the Council on foreign and defense policy.

Two -time Olympic champion in jumping with a sixth Russian woman Elena Isinbaeva in the summer season will begin performances with exclusive poles of the new design - with a color winding. "Летом Лена будет прыгать с новыми шестами, которые мы немного протестировали еще в зимнем сезоне, - рассказал личный тренер Елены Исинбаевой Виталий Петров агентству "Весь спорт". - Шесты отличаются от прежних не только техническими характеристиками, но и цветом обмотки.

Danish referee, Klaus Bo Larsen, who served the match of the 1/4 finals of the Champions League between Liverpool and Chelsea , said that before the meeting, a representative of the Blue asked him not to punish three players with yellow cards, who already had a warning. We are talking about Jontry Terry, Nicolas Anelka and Ashley Cole, for whom obtaining a yellow card would mean passing the next match.

Twenty -eight Russian companies were in the annual rating of the largest companies in the world Global 2000 according to Forbes magazine. Gazprom headed the national list, simultaneously taking the 13th position in the global rating. According to the journal, the annual sales of Gazprom amounted to $ 97.29 billion, profit - $ 26.78 billion, the total amount of assets - $ 276.81 billion. Forbes estimated the market value of the Russian giant at 74.55 billion dollars.

US President Barack Obama once again announced the need to rally different nations in order to combat threats of today, primarily terrorism and financial crisis, RIA Novosti reports. Speaking with the traditional Saturday message to the nation, Obama recalled that these days the Jews celebrate one of their main and brightest holidays - Passes, and Christians - Easter.

The geography of the activity of the earth's crust in Central Italy is expanding. Today, sanitary structures (laboratories, specialists' rooms and ambulance station), located in the old building of the former hospital in the historical center of the city of Orte (Viterbo Province, metropolitan region of Lazio), 35 km from Rome, have been emergency. After new underground shocks, cracks and damage were found in the walls of the building.

Two Australian football players were subjected to a monetary fine for the distribution of a video in which a rubber chicken dressed in a condom is used to satisfy sexual fantasies. Northern Melbourne players 33-year-old Adam Simpson and 26-year-old Daniel Pratt will now be forced to replenish the fund of a charity organization that supports victims of sexual violence. True, the amount of the fine for a professional athlete is small - 3.2 thousand US dollars from each pervert.

The meeting of the Constitutional Court of Moldova (KSM) was postponed on another day on Saturday, a source in the Constitutional Court told Interfax . The Constitutional Court had to consider at a special meeting on Saturday the issue of holding a complete recount of votes in the elections. The address of this was made by the leader of the Party of Communists, President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin.

In the fourth round of the country's football championship, the Samara “Wings of the Soviets” on their field inflicted a devastating defeat of “Khimkim”, beating the team near Moscow with a score of 3-0. The Samaras immediately took possession of the initiative, and therefore no one was surprised when in the 22nd minute the Czech Legionnaire of the Wings, Jan Colller, after a fire from the left flank, scored the first ball - 1: 0.